Pierce, Colorado
human settlement in Weld County, Colorado, United States of America
Pierce is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2020 census. The town is a rural agricultural community located on the Colorado Eastern Plains along U.S. Highway 85 north of Greeley.
History
A post office called Pierce has been in operation since 1903. The town was named after John Pierce, a railroad official.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Pierce had a population of 1,097. The median age was 35.0 years. 28.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 105.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 102.9 males age 18 and over.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Pierce, Colorado” is human settlement in Weld County, Colorado, United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Pierce, Colorado and human, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “human settlement in Weld County, Colorado, United States of America” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2416050. Authority coordinates are 40.635, -104.754. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1903.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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This entry incorporates text from “Pierce, Colorado” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.